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Effect of Magnetic and Electric Fields on the Dynamics of Plasmoid Formation in the Gatchina Discharge

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The behavior of the Gatchina discharge, which is mainly used for producing an analog of the ball lightning in the conventional laboratory atmosphere, in magnetic and electric fields is analyzed. It is shown that the sign of the uncompensated electric charge both in the active discharge phase and in long-lived luminous formations can be determined in such experiments. It is also shown that electric and magnetic fields can change the direction of motion of the luminous formation being generated and can even block its formation completely. The form and the mechanism of existence of firework ball lightnings, the photographs of which are given in well-known monographs devoted to ball lightning, are considered.

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  1. Henceforth, we will use the term “plasmoid” although we think that this term does not reflect the physical meaning of the long-lived luminous formation generated in the discharge; however it is more convenient (and shorter) and, in addition, is used by most researchers.

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The authors are grateful to A.G. Krivshich and O.M.  Zherebtsov for helpful remarks made during the preparation of this publication.

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    Sh. Zhao, Ch. Yuan, A. A. Kudryavtsev, J. Yao & G. D. Shabanov

  2. Physics Department, St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. A. Kudryavtsev

  3. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, Russia

    G. D. Shabanov

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Zhao, S., Yuan, C., Kudryavtsev, A.A. et al. Effect of Magnetic and Electric Fields on the Dynamics of Plasmoid Formation in the Gatchina Discharge. Tech. Phys. 67, 171–189 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784222030069

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